American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Pontal of Paranapanema - SP, Brazil: ecological and entomological aspects Leishmaniose cutânea americana no Pontal do Paranapanema, SP, Brasil: aspectos ecológicos e entomológicos

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Claudia Álvares Calvo Alessi, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, José Roberto Alves, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2009
• Subjects: American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Ecology; Phlebotominae; Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Hora; Morro
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652009000500008; https://doaj.org/article/90d90881378546a38f63b946a8b4eb16

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) occurs in epidemic outbreaks and in sporadic cases with small annual variation in the Pontal of Paranapanema, SP. There is little research on the sandfly fauna of this region. The last outbreaks were related to the Movement of the Landless Workers (MST) and with the ecological tourism in preserved forest of the Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo (PEMD). AIM: identification of the sandfly fauna within the PEMD, mainly anthropophilic species already incriminated as vectors of ACL, as well as their seasonality, hourly frequency and data of the behavior. M&M: The captures were undertaken with CDC light and Shannon traps from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, monthly from May 2000 to December 2001. The temperature and relative humidity data were registered at hourly intervals. RESULTS: The captured species were: Brumptomyia brumpti, Nyssomyia neivai, Nyssomyia whitmani, Pintomyia fischeri and Pintomyia pessoai. The P. pessoai predominated (34.39%) and N. neivai was less found (0.74%), only being captured in CDC traps. Shannon trap captured more sandflies (63.01%) than the CDC traps (36.99%). Despite the environmental degradation anthropophilic species, indicates favorable bioecological conditions for persistence of vectors and potential transmission of leishmaniasis. LCA ocorre em surtos epidêmicos e casos esporádicos com pequena variação anual no Pontal do Paranapanema, SP. Há pouca pesquisa sobre a fauna flebotomínea na região. Os últimos surtos estão relacionados ao MST e turismo ecológico na floresta do Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo (PEMD). OBJETIVO: identificar a fauna flebotomínea no PEMD, principalmente as espécies antropofílicas já incriminadas como vetores da LCA, também, sua sazonalidade, horários e dados de comportamento. M&M: As capturas foram feitas com armadilhas CDC e Shannon das 18 às 22h, mensalmente de maio de 2000 a dezembro de 2001. Dados de temperatura e umidade relativa foram registrados com intervalo de uma hora. RESULTADOS: As espécies capturadas foram: ...